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        "msgid": "serang-regency-dprd-member-highlights-inadequate-healthcare-services-on-islands-1776325853",
        "date": "2026-04-16 13:26:14",
        "title": "Serang Regency DPRD Member Highlights Inadequate Healthcare Services on Islands",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Muhibbin, a member of the Serang Regency DPRD, has criticised the insufficient healthcare facilities on Pulau Tunda and Pulau Panjang, where only understaffed auxiliary health centres (pustu) exist without daily medical personnel or adequate medicines. He cited a March 2026 incident where an 11-year-old child was stung by a venomous fish but received no immediate treatment due to the absence of healthcare workers. Muhibbin advocates for special policies, including daily staffing and a floating health centre on a boat for routine doctor visits and patient transport to the mainland, to address the unique challenges of island communities.",
        "content": "<p>A member of the Serang Regency DPRD, Muhibbin, has highlighted the\nhealthcare facilities in the Pulau Tunda and Pulau Panjang areas.\nAccording to him, services on the two islands are still inadequate and\nrequire policy innovations. Ibbin, as Muhibbin is known, stated that the\ntwo islands only have auxiliary health centres (pustu), but they are not\noperating optimally. \u201cCurrently, there is only an auxiliary health\ncentre (pustu) as a service point, but its presence will not be the\nanswer if it is not accompanied by healthcare workers (nakes) on duty\nevery day and the availability of adequate medicines,\u201d said Ibbin on\nThursday (16\/4\/2026). Ibbin also mentioned an incident on 22 March 2026\non Pulau Tunda. At that time, an 11-year-old child was stung by a\nvenomous fish. \u201cAn incident occurred on 22 March 2026, where an\n11-year-old child was stung by a venomous fish, but there were no\nhealthcare workers on site to provide treatment,\u201d he said. The Chairman\nof the Gerindra Faction of the Serang Regency DPRD regretted the\nincident. According to him, island areas should receive special\ntreatment and cannot be equated with mainland areas. \u201cThe service\nstandards should not be equated with mainland areas. Because this is a\nspecial area, namely an island, there must be special services,\nincluding facilities and infrastructure,\u201d he stated. \u201cOn the mainland,\nthere are many doctors; even without a health centre, there are clinics.\nSo, what about on the islands?\u201d he continued. In addition to requesting\nthat healthcare workers at auxiliary health centres be available every\nday, Ibbin also proposed the idea of a floating health centre. This\nhealth centre would be in the form of a boat equipped with doctors,\nmedical equipment, and medicines. \u201cDoctors can visit twice a week. So if\nwe have a floating health centre, there will be a routine schedule to go\nthere,\u201d he said. If there are island residents who require further\nmedical treatment, the floating health centre can transport patients to\nthe mainland. \u201cSo when residents seek treatment during visiting hours\nand need further handling, they can be directly taken to the hospital\nusing the floating health centre,\u201d he said. The presence of routine\ndoctor visits to island areas is considered important for the community.\nThis situation can foster the spirit to recover. \u201cSick residents, for\nexample on Saturday or Sunday, will have the suggestion to recover. They\ncan be calm because they know that on Tuesday the doctor will come to\nthe island,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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